Anictis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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|fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Oligocene}}

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|genus = Anictis

|parent_authority = Kretzoi, 1945

|species = simplicidens

|authority = Schlosser, 1890

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Anictis is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like mammal belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea, endemic to Europe (Quercy, France) living from the Oligocene 33.9—28.4 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|33.8-28.4|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40998 Paleobiology Database: Anictis basic info.]

Anictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.J. A. Lillegraven. 1979. Reproduction in Mesozoic mammals. In J. A. Lillegraven, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W. A. Clemens (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley 259-276R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836